Thingvellir (4)

Iceland holds place in a unique spot on earth. It is on the boundary of two Tectonic plates: the North American Plate; and the Eurasian Plate. This would only be a geologic footnote except for the fact that the two plates are pulling apart. At their boundary, where the plates are separating, the earth's magma rises to the surface and creates volcanoes, and the opportunity to generate geo-thermal power .The volcanoes create massive mountains, attendant glaciers, and new land-mass islands (as recently as the 1960's). Whatever the causes, it is certainly beautiful here.

These photos were taken in August 2007 mostly with a Nikon D200.